Points to anyone who can figure out the picture above! It’s in the ceiling at Upstairs on the Square.

It has been the most lovely few days. This week between Christmas and New Year’s always feels apart from regular life, somehow. The past couple of days I’ve been hanging out on my own and really enjoying it. Grace and Matt are in Vermont and Whit’s been with Anastasia. It is simply sublime to have time like that. Saw the movie Juno yesterday – run, don’t walk, to see it. Funny, heartfelt, wise, unusual. It’s a great movie. And Ellen Page is a terrific new talent.

My new year’s resolution this year is the same as every year for the past several: learn to go with the flow better. Courtney and I used to joke about this years ago, and I fear I haven’t made substantial progress. What I really want is to learn to trust the universe more, to embrace ambiguity and to truly accept that change is the only constant. To know deep in my heart that I am loved and safe and that things are unfolding according to some pattern that is good and right, even if I can’t see it yet.